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zaj

(3,433 posts)
19. That's not the right call to action, IMO
Wed Dec 30, 2020, 10:40 AM
Dec 2020

That surrenders the entire GOP to Trump and Trumpism. 30M GOP voters are Trump loyalists and will follow him off of the top of Trump Tower. But 40M more GOP voters are essentially GOP loyalists and only follow Trump as far as the GOP tells them to.

For the sake of our country, the GOP brand can't be handed to Trump. Trump and his 30M Trump Tower Jumpers need to be pushed into forming their own MAGA Party.

To pull that off requires that "rational" Republicans need to do some tricky balancing to push the next-era of the GOP back toward the center by pushing out the MAGA, threatening to leave the GOP, enough of them actually leaving to prove they are serious, but... ultimately staying in the GOP to secure the 40M voters are lead back toward the center.

It's a nearly impossible balancing act, but it's made feasible by Trump's own narcissism. He wants so badly to be the center of it all, that he might force a MAGA 3rd Party just out of spite.

Rhetorical question... SergeStorms Dec 2020 #1
Right. kentuck Dec 2020 #2
Seriously ??? SamKnause Dec 2020 #3
Yep. They have always been an immediate threat and clear and present danger Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2020 #5
Exactly !!! SamKnause Dec 2020 #9
And the sadistic Republicans can give the people no hope... kentuck Dec 2020 #4
Aye, a scurvy crew, indeed. jaxexpat Dec 2020 #13
There isn't jimlup Dec 2020 #6
None. Celerity Dec 2020 #7
There isn't any. Burn the whole motherfucker down. . . DinahMoeHum Dec 2020 #8
Decency? Is that even a real word? Tommymac Dec 2020 #10
There isn't ibegurpard Dec 2020 #11
The Republican Party no longer believes in drmocracy dlk Dec 2020 #12
YEP Cosmocat Dec 2020 #18
There is not Ferrets are Cool Dec 2020 #14
You are, of course, not holding your breath. niyad Dec 2020 #15
There isn't...there hasn't been for at least a generation or two Hulk Dec 2020 #16
It's been shredded. keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #17
That's not the right call to action, IMO zaj Dec 2020 #19
Not a shred. It is the party of Donald. No morals, scruples, ethics, humanity required Evolve Dammit Dec 2020 #20
Turn-about? 3825-87867 Dec 2020 #21
Only half a shred left NewJeffCT Dec 2020 #22
Huh? malaise Dec 2020 #23
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